High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Risk of Hypertension | Zendy

John W. McEvoy | Zendy; Chen Yuan | Zendy; Vijay Nambi | Zendy; Christie M. Ballantyne | Zendy; A. Richey Sharrett | Zendy; Lawrence J. Appel | Zendy; Wendy S. Post | Zendy; Roger S. Blumenthal | Zendy; Kunihiro Matsushita | Zendy; Elizabeth Selvin | Zendy

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High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Risk of Hypertension

Author(s) -

John W. McEvoy,

Chen Yuan,

Vijay Nambi,

Christie M. Ballantyne,

A. Richey Sharrett,

Lawrence J. Appel,

Wendy S. Post,

Roger S. Blumenthal,

Kunihiro Matsushita,

Elizabeth Selvin

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.014364

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , cardiology , troponin t , left ventricular hypertrophy , troponin complex , subclinical infection , blood pressure , prehypertension , relative risk , troponin , myocardial infarction

The diagnosis of hypertension is often preceded by cardiac structural abnormalities. Thus, we assessed whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), a marker of subclinical myocardial damage, can identify individuals at risk for hypertension or left ventricular hypertrophy.

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